The big payback East African countries have started to broaden the revenue net in order to revisit an old problem: how to tax the informal economy. A report by Bloomberg states that the informal… Read more
We’ve got the power Around 60 000 jobs have been created across Africa thanks to the renewable energy industry. Half of these jobs are in South Africa, driven primarily by the country’s Renewable Energy Independent… Read more
Cold facts The humble potato could be the key to leveraging African farmers into the next phase of agricultural development: cold storage. A CNBC Africa report states that more than 40% of perishables harvested… Read more
Finders keepers The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has come up with a new way to reduce the amount of uncleared cargo at the Port of Mombasa – by selling it. More than… Read more
Crash course With a mere two cars per every 1 000 Ethiopians – compared to Africa’s 44-cars-per-1 000-people average – the East African nation has the lowest motorisation rate in the world. In fact,… Read more
